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Photography 101: Interesting subjects at night

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My photography instructor told me that shooting a photo at night is really no different than shooting a photo during the day.  She’s right of course. However, she also pointed out that subjects can take on a completely different feel at night. An incredible scene during the day can be incredible in a whole new […]

Night Light

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My home city Columbus recently hosted an art exhibit that really lived up to the hype and also directly tied into recent “Photography 101” night photography posts on my website. Bruce Munro: Light Bruce Munro’s Light features ten light-based installations both indoors and outdoors at one of my favorite places in Columbus Franklin Park Conservatory. […]

Photography 101: How to use light and color at night

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Once you have been practicing the basics of night photography, you can begin to put more attention on the artistic side of your compositions. Light is the most important part of any photograph.   This concept still applies in night photography, but it takes on a larger significance because you typically have very little of […]

Alternative transportation revolution

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What seems like a very long time ago, I wrote about the challenges of living a car-free lifestyle in Columbus, Ohio. I love Columbus. A lot of great stuff has been happening in this city in the past five years, and it keeps getting better. But my biggest pain point has been transportation. That has […]

Photography 101: Motion

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Photography 101:  Motion Photo #1   For this shot, I used the blurred motion technique.  I chose to fill the frame with the drums to make the photo all about the movement of the drumsticks. The repeating pattern of the drums and suspenders gives this photo additional interest. Photo #2   For this shot, I […]

Photography 101: Landscapes

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Photography 101:  Landscape Photo #1   Every photography teacher in Columbus is bored with photos of downtown, probably because everyone has taken every single vantage point and angle possible.  But I love a good cityscape, so I knew I had to take one photo of the skyline.  I tried to capture the three aspects that […]

My favorite quirky place in Louisville

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There are so many places I enjoyed in Louisville, but the one that was the most unique and that I could return to again and again and spend hours each time is Joe Ley’s Antiques. Anyone who knows me will tell you I am not into shopping, and antiques bore me to tears. But Joe […]

Delicious NuLu

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“Pace yourself.” That is the first thing Louisville Food Tour owner Kim told us when we met. She explained that over the next 2.5 hours, we would visit six restaurants and eat a small plate of something prepared at the chef’s whim. I did not want to go into a food coma because I was […]